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Truth Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Truth? [n] the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [n] a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it" [n] a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" [n] United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) [n] conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Truth: accuracy \| Sojourner Truth \| the true \| true statement \| verity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Truth: See Also \| abolitionist \| actuality \| emancipationist \| exactitude \| exactness \| fact \| feminist \| fidelity \| gospel \| gospel truth \| home truth \| libber \| quality \| statement \| tautology \| truism \| verity \| women's liberationist \| women's rightist Truth In Webster's Dictionary \Truth\, n.; pl. {Truths}. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. tre['o]w?. See {True}; cf. {Troth}, {Betroth}.] 1. The quality or being true; as: (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be. (b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. --Mortimer. (c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. --Coleridge. (d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity. If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. --Shak. 2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. --Zech. viii. 16. I long to know the truth here of at large. --Shak. The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. --Coleridge. 3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. --2 Cor. vii. 14. 4. Righteousness; true religion. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. --John i. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. --John xvii. 17. {In truth}, in reality; in fact. {Of a truth}, in reality; certainly. {To do truth}, to practice what God commands. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. --John iii. 21. \Truth\, v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.] Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. --Ford.

Truth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Truth?

[n] the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
[n] a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
[n] a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
[n] United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
[n] conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

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Truth In Webster's Dictionary

\Truth\, n.; pl. {Truths}. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe,
AS. tre['o]w?. See {True}; cf. {Troth}, {Betroth}.]
1. The quality or being true; as:
   (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with
       that which is, or has been; or shall be.
   (b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence
       with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the
       like.

             Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of
             the ironwork.                     --Mortimer.
   (c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.

             Alas! they had been friends in youth, But
             whispering tongues can poison truth.
                                               --Coleridge.
   (d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from
       falsehood; veracity.

             If this will not suffice, it must appear That
             malice bears down truth.          --Shak.

2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or
   subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of
   things; fact; verity; reality.

         Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.
                                               --Zech. viii.
                                               16.

         I long to know the truth here of at large. --Shak.

         The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a
         legitimate deduction from all the facts which are
         truly material.                       --Coleridge.

3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or
   proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the
   like; as, the great truths of morals.

         Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. --2
                                               Cor. vii. 14.

4. Righteousness; true religion.

         Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. --John i. 17.

         Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
                                               --John xvii.
                                               17.

{In truth}, in reality; in fact.

{Of a truth}, in reality; certainly.

{To do truth}, to practice what God commands.

         He that doeth truth cometh to the light. --John iii.
                                               21.


\Truth\, v. t.
To assert as true; to declare. [R.]

      Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have
      truthed it heaven.                       --Ford.

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